Released:
1936-01-17

Overview:
Intrigue and love affairs at the court of the Saxon King Augustus the Strong, who can bend a horseshoe with his bare hands and is fighting with the Swedish King Charles XII for control of Poland. When Charles marches against Russia with his troops and suffers defeat, the way is clear for Augustus, who gains the crown of Poland. But he is already old and ill. When he dies in Warsaw, his heart is brought to Dresden by Saxon horsemen.

Directors:
Stanisław Wasylewski, Paul Wegener

Runtime:
1h 48min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Michael Bohnen
  as
  August der Starke
• 
  Lil Dagover
  as
  Gräfin Aurore Königsmark
• 
  Marieluise Claudius
  as
  Gräfin Anna Constanze Cosel
• 
  Franz Schafheitlin
  as
  Flemming
• 
  Paul Mederow
  as
  Pöppelmann